Cleaning-stand.



I. L. REEVES.

CLEANING STAND. APPLIoATloN FILED A1124, 1912.

1,033, 1 94. Patented July 23, 1912,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA L. REEVES, 0F NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLEANIN (fr-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1912.

Application filed April 24, 1912. Serial No. 692,996.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA L. REEVES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Natick, in the count-y of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and.- useful dmprovements Stands, of which the following is a s )eeifif cation.

While a cleaning stand involving 1y invention can be used with advantage, n sewA eral different connections, it is of especial utility when employed for support-ing arifle or revolver while being cleaned, the ob.- ject of t-he invention being to provide a substantial article of the character indicated having means for Vrigidly holding the rifle or-the like and also having various adjustments by which the rifle or otherimplement can be reached as to all its parts.

The device possesses other features of novelty and advantage which with the foregoing will be set forth at length in theA following description, wherein I will outline in detail that one of the several forms ofV embodiment of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification, this disclosure being in tended primarilyt enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. From this it will be evident that I do notlilnit myself to such disclosure; I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claims following said description.

Referring to said drawings:l Figurel is a side elevation of a cleaning stand involving my invention and showing a. rifle supported thereby. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the head of the standard or column. Fig. 3

v is a vertical section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1

looking in the direction of the arrow and of the portion broken away to show certain interior construction. Fig. 4 is a like view on the line 4-4' ofFig. 3. y

, Like characters refer fto. like parts throughout the several views'wliich it will be observed are on different scales,.r Tlielstaud'show'n in F ig. lfinolludes in Yits makeaupV a base or.jfoptfa's fraud there 4is shown rising froxniandfixed to the same, the

in Cleaning-` wheeL l11 in one direction, the column 7 will be 60 non-rotative screw or threaded spindle 6 on which is swiveled the column 7 having a hollow head 8 to receive the drawers as 9 YAand 10. hereinafter more particularly described. In the construction shown the column 7 rests on the feed nut 11 itted'to Ithe screw 6, and made in the form of a hand By turning the nut or hand lwheel raised thereby, progided a binding screw or binding screws hereinafter described, are backed out sufficiently, and by turning said nut orhand wheel in the opposite direction the column 7 can descend. T apped through 65 the lower portion or body of the column 7 are binding screws' 12 provided with wheel-` heads 13 by which said screws can be readily operated. The column 7 is shown practically at the limit of its downward movement in Fig. 1, and when the inner ends of the two screws 12 engage the screw 6, said column is prevented from turning. By backing out the screws 12', 'the column is free to be turned or it can be'raised by the 75A operation of the nut 11 in the manneri, already indicated. When the vertical adjustment is obtained, both screws 12 will be up provided the upper screw. 19 be not above the upper end of the screw `G in which event itis necessary to simply tighten the lower screw. In all cases it is not necessary to provide both screws 12. l

The head 8 is ehambered to receive the two drawers 9 an'd 10 provided with pulls.85 each designated by 14,.the rear ends or walls of the drawers extending upward sufficiently as at 15 to prevent the drawers being accidentally wholly pulled from place, although the drawers can be readily inserted throughthe openings in thefront of the head by slightlyatipping the same. Thedrawers mayv be held against ,accidental opening movement by the thumb latch 16 pivoted to the head 8. 1 Iii-the upper side of the head is a chamber 19 which can be utilized for the recep tion oftools, said head being also shown providedwith two` flanges QO-and 21, the ilange 20 havingperforations as 22 to re- 10o ceive cleaning rods' as'23 which are employed for .cleaning the barrel of ,a rifle or` the like mounted upon the head 8, while the flange 21 may support an oil can or can be employed for any other desirable purpose.

Connected with and extending from' one side of the head 8 is a rod 24, the inner end of said rod being showntapped into said -liead, although this is not essential. This i'od'supports, for angular adjustment abo-ut a horiz.ntal axis, the bracket 25,the legs of which depend from the body thereof and are perforated for ,the passage of the said rod. The head 8 adjacent to the bracket has a boss 26 between which and the adjacent leg of the bracket 25, is interposed a pad or washer 27 of felt, leather or any otherl suitable material. The outer end of therod 24 Vis threaded to receive the holding nut 28 by turning which the bracket 25 can be impinged against the washer. or pad hold the bracket in an' 27to securel I angularly adjusted' position. v'The angular movement of the bracket is limited in some vsuitable way and the means shown for this purpose will` now be described. The boss 26 has a 'circumferential notch or slot 29 to receive the lug on'fr the bracket, the end walls of this notch 29 `acting as stops and being adapted to be engaged by the lug 30 to s limit the swing of tliebracket 25. To ad- 'upwardly extending fianges 31 and 32, the

flange. 31 acting as a jaw member and being provided on its inner side with a pad 33 of felt,- leather or other suitable soft material.

The relatively fixed jaw 3l cooperates with the movable jaw 34 also provided with a.

pad 35 on its inner face, the two jaws 31 and 34 acting as avise to clamp a rifle 37 or other article. The jaw 34 is shown consist/ing of a plate, and it has at its lower side liook-lugs`as 33, the hook portions of which engage the underside of tlie web or body of the bracket 25, the jaw 34 sliding'on the upper side of said body or web. Said body or web lis shown having lslots or notches 39 in its opposite edges and inner end and through the saine the two hook lugs 33 can be passed downward in mounting the bracket, after which the jaw can be moved outward so as to bringthe hook bracket 25 which body or web therefore properlyguides the movable jaw 34 in its opposite movements.

Connected with, for instance by threading and extending outward from the jaw .scope of my claims.

, boss,

portion of i thelugs 38 under the body or web of the coiled push spring42 encirclingfsaid rod, is l' adapted to bear, the inner 'end of the spring engaging the outer face of the flange 32. Said spring serves as a means for retract-y in'g the adjustable or movable jaw 34. W hile any for advancing said movable jaw, cam means is shown for this purpose, the cam 43` answering the requirements and being loosely carried by the rod 40 and bearing against the inner side of the flange 32. This cam 43 is provided with a spiral cam portion 44 coperative with a practically similar cam portion 45 on the adjacent side of the movable jaw, 34. By turning the cam 43 in the proper direction, the cam portion 44 act-ing against the cam portion 45 will force the movable jaw 34' inward in a rapid manner, and on opposite motion of the said cam 43, the jaw 34 will be equally quickly drawn back by the spring 42 inthe manner iilready n described. In theconstruction shown the cam 43 isv provided with an operating lever i 46 to facilitate the action thereof.

I wish to again make it clear that I do not restrict myself to the particular showing to which allusion has already been made. As will be interred I ma;7 adopt other means in place of those illustrated and described for securing certain actions, as required by the What I claimis:

1. A cleaning stand having a column, provided with a boss, a rod extending from t-he a bracket supported bv said rod, for angular adjustment, means for limit-ing the angular movement of the bracket, means for clamping the bracket against said boss, and avise supported` by the bracket.

2. A cleaning staiid`-c'mprising a column provided with a boss, a rod extending outwardly from said boss, a bracket supported by the rod for angular adjustment, a washer disposed between the boss and the bracket, ineanson the rod for forcing the bracket against said washer, anda vise supported by the bracket, the latter having a 'lug and the boss vhaving a notch to receive said lug, the end walls of the notch constituting stops to limit the angular movement of the bracket.

3. A cleaning stand comprising a column, f means for sup- ,Y

a bracket, the column having porting said7V bracket for angular adjustment, a jaw supported for movement bythe body of the bracket` and having an out'-y wardly extending rod, the lY acket havinga. flange through which'said rod extends and having a second flange constituting a jaw jaw, and a spring acting against said rod to coperative with the other jaw, a rotary cam retract said movable aw. 10 surrounding said rod and bearing against In testimony whereof 1 aix my `signature the rst ange, said cam when turned in one in presence of two Witnesses.

direction acting against said movable jaw IRA L. REEVES. to shift the same toward the companion Jaw Witnesses: and when moved in the other direction to WILLIAM O. CUTLER,

permit opposite movement of said movable CHARLES W. HALL. 

